Weekly SO

 My strong opinion for this week, that Coca Cola is definetly better than Pepsi. 

I was always a Coke drinker, I always preferred it to Pepsi, however, I did drink Pepsi, when there was not Coca Cola. 
NOT anymore. I simply cannot drink it anymore. 

What changed? The recepie they use. They substituted part of the sugar in the recepie for artificial sweeteners, even in the non-diet, non-zero version.

Which I hate and cannot drink without gagging.

I wish I could, because it would mean, I coud save hundreds of calories a day, but I just cannot stand the taste. (I've read an article somewhere that some people think cilantro is the best herb ever, others think it tastes like soap, and there is a tiny DNA strip is responsible for the difference, and a similar tiny sequence defines whether we cannot taste the difference between using artificial sweeteers or absolutely hating its taste. 

I did not know Pepsi changed their recepie, until last year at some big family dinner, Norbi's aunt poured me some. They know I do not drink diet/zero drinks and they had a bottle or two regular Pepsi for me (the store just run out of Coke). But I just could not drink it. I did not understand why it tasted different. Until I learned the change about the way they make it. 

I know sugar is more expensive than AS (Artificial Sweeteners), and the Pepsy company saves a lot of money with this move, but... AS is not necessarily more healthy than real sugar. Also, people like me, who cannot abide the taste of AS will not be able to drink it anymore. I personally would even pay more, given the chance to choose between soft drinks made with sugar or AS.